republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-846.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voluntary contributions: California YMCA Youth and Government Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund."
description: "Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds. Under existing law, there are general administrative provisions applicable to these voluntary contributions, which, among other things, specify when a voluntary contribution is to be placed on the return, provide for the disbursement of contributions following repeal of the fund provisions, and require undesignated funds to be transferred to the General Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 846"
citation: "California AB 846 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Voluntary contributions: California YMCA Youth and Government Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75233135-0bb7-47f2-833d-336152398f7a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846"
source_hash: "b224233d643c9adef5246ebcc733495e99900d35f45ae4c94941463d2eebb17c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 846 (20172018) — Voluntary contributions: California YMCA Youth and Government Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds. Under existing law, there are general administrative provisions applicable to these voluntary contributions, which, among other things, specify when a voluntary contribution is to be placed on the return, provide for the disbursement of contributions following repeal of the fund provisions, and require undesignated funds to be transferred to the General Fund.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846&version=20170AB84699INT)
2. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846&version=20170AB84698AMD)
3. **05/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846&version=20170AB84697AMD)
4. **07/31/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846&version=20170AB84695CHP)
5. **AB846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846)
6. **07/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB846&version=20170AB84696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent Calendar # AB846 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 846 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1657.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-07-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2070.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75233135-0bb7-47f2-833d-336152398f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).